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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 06, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lawrence B Holmes, Hunt Valley, MD (US);
Renato Gritti, Rapallo, IT;
Giuseppe Puzzanghera, Genova Sestri Ponente, IT;
Assignee:
Finmeccanica S.p.A., Rome, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198534 ; 198532 ; 198956 ; 271225 ;
Abstract
A mail decelerating device wherein a straight channel with a V-shaped cross section is supplied by a conveyor channel with a number of mail items; the mail item is intercepted and directed by a deflecting element towards an inclined wall of the V-section channel, along which it slides and is arrested on striking a kinetic energy dissipating device at one end of the V-section channel; following stoppage of the item, a bottom opening in the V-section channel is opened, and through which the mail item drops out by force of gravity.